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PARIS mdash;French police arrested nearly 1,000 protesters in Paris on Saturday, authorities said, as they tried to stop thousands of demonstrators f salomon rom converging on the presidential palace to express anger at high taxes and President Emmanuel Macron.Security officials imposed a lockdown on parts of central Paris, determined to prevent a repeat of the rioting a week ago that damaged a major monument, injured 130 people and tarnished the country s global image. Blue armored vehicles rumbled across cobblestone streets from the Arc de Triomphe across toward eastern Paris as scattered demonstrations spread around adidas campus 00 the city. Police were mounted on horses and surrounded protesters with trained dogs. A ring of steel surrounded the Ely adidas campus herren see Palace itself, as police stationed trucks and reinforced steel barriers in streets throughout the entire neighborhood. By midday, as many as 5,000 demonstrators had gathered in Paris center, according toBBC News. More than 400 were being held in custody, according to a Paris police spokeswoman, the Associated Press reported. Exceptional security measures were in place. Authorities deployed barricade-busting armored vehicles and 8,000 police in the capital alone. Nationwide, some 89,000 security forces fanned out to deter or confront troublemakers expected at multiple protests. Prized Paris monuments and normally bustling shopping meccas were locked down. Among the tourist attractions that were closed were the Eiffel Tower and Louvre Muse Xydb Besieged Gbagbo repels attack in Ivory Coast
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Romemdash; A somber Pope Francis denounced the massacre in Bucha and kissed a battered Ukrainian flag from the decimated town near Ukraine s capital on Wednesday during his weekly general audience at the Vatican. Recent news from the wa samba og r in Ukraine, instead of bringing relief and hope, brought new atrocities, such as the massacre of Bucha, he said toward the end of the audience. Pope Francis holds a flag of Ukraine that comes from the town of Bucha, one of the areas around Ukraine s capital from which Russian troops have withdrawn and where dozens of bodies in civilian clothing have been found, during his weekly general audience on April 6, 2022 at the Vatican. ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty Cruelty that is increasingly horrendous, also against civilians, defenseless women and children. They are victims whose innocent blood cries out up to heaven and implores: Stop this war! Let the weapons fall silent! Stop sowing death and destruction , said Francis.The pope then held up the stained U adidas originals ultraboost krainian flag and invited a group of Ukrainian refugee children accompanied by two women to join him at the podium. He folded the flag and kissed it. These children had to flee and come to a strange land. This is one of the fruits of war, he said. Let s not forget them, and l mizuno handballschuh et s not forget the Ukrainian people. Pope Francis kisses a Ukrainian flag that was sent to him Klfl U.S. to send $100 million in Javelin missiles to Ukraine
Amanda Knox told the jury hearing her appeal that she just wants to get back to her old life. Now that she has the chance, she ll face another set of challenges - includin stanley us g celebrity - that comes with freedom in the wake her four-year ordeal.Complete coverage: The appeal trial of Amanda KnoxAmanda Knox friend: She feels like she s flying But, according to Marvet Britto, president of the Britto agency, a publicity and marketing firm, Knox can have both peace - and valuable publicity - in the days ahead. She tells The Early Show that Knox s story is so in demand that she can wait to tell it until she stanley cup s ready. Britto says, The interest will always be there because there have been so many stories - but never her story. Through the four-year court battle, the Knox family has repeatedly made calls for financial assistance from their local community and online supporters for help in Knox s defense. Britto acknowledged the monetary importance of Knox s story in her family, saying, Obviously, there are financial issues and strains on her family. I think the most important thing now is her stanley trinkflaschen own mental and physical well-being. Then she should emerge and share her story when she s comfortable. But psychiatrist John Sharp, author of The Emotional Calendar, tells The Early Show Knox seems to be more comfortable than ever in her own skin, appearing to have faced her problems and grown through her ordeal. He says, I watched her last statement in the Italian

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PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia -- Divers and an unmanned underwater vehicle spotted the tail of the missing AirAsia plane in the Java Sea on Wednesday, the first confirmed sighting of any major wreckage, 11 days after Flight 8501 disappeared with 162 people on board, an official said.Powerful currents and murky water continue to hinder the operation, but searchers managed to get a photograph of the debris after it was detected by an Indonesian survey ship, National Search and Rescue ch adidas campus 00 ief Henry Bambang Soelistyo told reporters. One released adidas samba donna image appears to show an upside down A painted on a piece of metal.The find is particularly important because the all-important cockpit voice and flight data recorders, or black boxes, should be located in the aircraft s tail. Smaller pieces of the plane, such as seats and an emergency door, had previously been collected from the surface. AirAsia tragedy 48 photos Today we successfully discovered the part of the plane that became the main aim since yesterday, Soelistyo said. I can ensure that this is part of the tail with the AirAsia mark on it. He said a total of 12 o adidas originals samba bjects had been located on the seafloor as of Wednesday evening. In addition to the confirmed tail section, divers were able to confirm that the Ivaa Israeli forces storm Jerusalem s Al-Aqsa mosque, arresting hundreds of Palestinian worshipers
Tens of thousands of mourners threw flowers, wept and chanted the name of Pim Fortuyn as the body of the slain politician was driven in a white hearse to his funeral.The peal of church bells in Rotterdam was drown out as crowds roared when Fortuyn s remains were carried out of the 16th-century Laurentius and Elisabeth Cathedral after a Roman Catholic Mass broadcast on national television.The atmosphere of the procession was at times more like a sporting event or a mass protest than a solemn funeral cortege, with thousands of people raising their hands in the air, chanting Pim Fortuyn, Pim Fortuyn, and singing You ll Never Walk Alone, a support song for the Rotterdam soccer team.The outpouring of public sentiment could effect voters next week in elections for a new government. Before his death, Fortuyn s populist, anti-immigration party ranked among the top three parties, and seemed to have gathered strength since his assassination on Mo stanley becher nday.The Mass was attended by hundreds of friends, family members and political leaders, led by Prime Minister Wim Kok. Fortuyn s remains were being driven to the town of Driehuis-Westerveld, on the northwestern Dutch coast, for a funeral service at the family tomb. He wi stanley cup ll be interred permanently six weeks later in Pordenone near his vacation home in Italy.Meanwhile in Amsterdam, prosecutors indicated Fortuyn s suspected killer may have been plotting against three other members of his anti-immigration party.Police have charged a 32-

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Ukraine s opp stanley cup osition leader Viktor Yushchenko signed a compromise agreement Wednesday that oblig stanley polska ed his supporters to lift their siege of government buildings, but he said they would stay in the streets until a deal is reached on a new vote.After talks with the presidential runoff s officially declared winner, Viktor Yanukovych, outgoing President Leonid Kuchma and European envoys, Yushchenko proposed that a revote of the runoff be held Dec. 19. Kuchma has said a whole new election should be held.Under the agreement Yushchenko signed together with Kuchma and the envoys, the blockade that has paralyzed the government mdash; surrounding the presidential administration and Cabinet in Kiev mdash; must be lifted immediately.It was unclear whether the agreement extended to massive pro-Yushchenko protests in Kiev s central square, but Yushchenko said that his supporters wouldn t let up until the conflicting parties agree on terms for a new vote. Protests in the streets will of course continue, Yushchenko said after the talks at the Mariinskly Palace presidential residence. They would be lifted only after a date is set for a new election and changes introduced into the election law. Yushchenko has refused to recognize the official runoff results, claiming widespread fraud ndash; an allegation backed by Western governments and many international monitors. Hundreds of thousands of Yushchenko s supporters have flooded Kiev s streets and surrounded official buildin stanley termoska gs since th

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The Obama administration must decide by September 30, the e air max 98 nd of the fiscal year, whether or not to release the remainder of the $1.5 billion package of U.S. aid to Egypt. Since July 3 - the day that elected President Mohammed Morsi was ousted by the Egyptian military - the administration has avoided labeling the event as a coup in order to maintain the leverage that comes with aid. Yet administration officials maintain that the United States has been abiding by U.S. law - Section 7008 - which requires a financial freeze to any government that comes to power in a coup d etat, or, decree in which the military plays a decisive role. As adm mizuno inistration lawyers review all parts of aid it can or cannot continue to provide to Egypt s military-led government, the State Department says the majority of non-military aid from the United States continues.U.S. faces dilemma over aid to Egypt amid deadly violence Mohammed Badie, supreme leader of Muslim Brotherhood, arrested by Egypt security forcesCutting Egypt aid could impact jobs in U.S.During Tuesday s State Department briefing, deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf told reporters it was her understanding that, until a decision has been broadly made about the future of our assistance to Egypt, we will continue doing things like paying our bills. Harf declined to detail which portions continue beyond saying that a portion she characterized as tiny was under legal re adidas samba og view since it related to security.Administration lawyers are reviewing w Gvdb Britain s Gay Mafia Scandal
Updated at 3:39 p.m. ET CBS/AP KABUL, Afghanistan - The NATO military coalition in Afghanistan says a man in an Afghan police uniform has shot and killed an international service member in southern Afghanistan. It was the latest in a string of attacks by apparent Afghan forces against their NATO allies.Capt. Dan Einert, a spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force, told CBS News correspondent Kitty Logan that the shooter was killed. The international military alliance says in a statement the attack happened Sunday but does not give further details. The statement says NATO and Afghan officials are investigating.Earlier, attackers killed two pairs of brothers with links to the government, and three other NATO service members.The targeted killings are part of a spate of similar attacks on those associated with the government, further complicating efforts by internatio stanley thermosflasche nal forces in stanley cup country to hand over security responsibility to Afghans as foreign combat troops withdraw.In the first attack, a bomb hidden in a cemetery in the southern province of Helmand killed a police chief and his brother who were visiting a family grave for the Eid al-Fitr holiday. stanley cup Seven of the men s family members were wounded in the early-morning blast in the provincial capital of Lashkar Gah, said Helmand Deputy Police Chief Ghulam Rabbani.No one immediately claimed responsibility, but the attack was consistent with the Taliban s strategy to target authorities and others wh

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The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday deplored the widespread violence in Kenya and urged political leaders to resolve the crisis over disputed elections through dialogue, negotiation and compromise. The presidential statement was the first response by the U.N. s most powerful body to the fighting that erupted after the Dec. 27 presidential election. More than 800 people have been killed in a country once considered among the most stable in Africa.The council statement expressed concern at the dire humanitarian situation in the country, where some 310,000 people have fled their homes, and gave strong backing to negotiations led by former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to end the violence. The council emphasizes that the only solution to the crisis lies through dialogue, negotiation and compromise and strongly urges Kenya s political leaders to foster reconciliation, the statement said.Supporters of President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga have been clashing over who won the stanley trinkflaschen presidential vote. Odinga is demanding a new election, but Kibaki has refused, arguing his re-election was fair. Protests since the election have turned violent and deteriorated in many cases into ethnic clashes, with much of the anger aimed at Kibaki s Ki stanley fr kuyu tribe, long resented for domina stanley cupe ting politics and the economy.The council welcomed the announcement of progress in negotiations beteen Kibaki and Odinga on Feb. 1, including the adoption of an agenda and timetable for ac

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Last Updated 1:27 p.m. EDTPoor countries ended a temporary boycott of the U.N. climate talks Monday after getting assurances that rich nations were not conspiring to reduce their commitments to cutting greenhouse gases, European officials said.Informal talks resolved the impasse between rich and poor nations and ended the daylong boycott, which was started by African countries and backed by 135 developing countries including China and India.The boycott disrupted efforts to forge a pact on global warming, delaying the frantic work of negotiators who are trying to resolve technical issues before more than 110 world leaders arrive in Copenhagen later in the week. It appeared aimed at shifting the focus of the U.N. climate talks to t stanley mugs he responsibilities of industrial countries and making greenhouse gas emission cuts the first item for the leaders to discuss.Andreas Carlgren, the European Union environment spokesman, said both rich and poor nations found a reasonable solution. Developing countries agreed to return to all negotiating gro stanley cup ups that they had abandoned earlier Monday, said Anders Frandsen, a spokesman for conference president Connie Hedegaard of Denmark. The developing countries want to extend the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which imposed penalties on rich nations if they did not comply with its strict emission stanley mug s limits but made no such binding demands on developing nations. We are really prepared to discuss all issues in the negotiations. It means also absolutely all i

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Russia s defense minister Sergei Shoigu on Tuesday said the country must develop new types of missile systems in the next two years after Washington and Moscow ripp asics ed up a key arms control treaty. The United States has repeatedly accu yeezy 350 sed Russia of violating the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces INF agreement and on Friday President Dona adidas samba adidas ld Trump said Washington was starting the process of withdrawing from the treaty in six months.In a tit-for-tat move on Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow was also leaving the treaty and beginning work on new types of weapons that would breach the crucial Cold War-era agreement.Many analysts say abandoning the 1987 treaty could effectively signal the start of a new arms race. On Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said his country would no strive for an arms race, which was characteristic of the era of the Cold War. Lavrov added, however, that Russia would, of coursehellip; use the military and technical means to react to the threats created by the U.S. pulling out of the INF. At a meeting with officials on Tuesday, Shoigu said Russia should develop two new missile systems in the next two years. Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, attends a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Feb. 2, 2019. AP During 2019-2 Rrzr Predator Priests Shuffled Around Globe
This story was written by Farhan Bokhari for CBSNews.The Pakistani government has stepped up security for government officials in a remote border region with Afghanistan mdash; suspected to be home to renegade Islamic militants mdash; after the killing of one official and two of his friends on Wednesday. The incident underlined lawless conditions in Pakistan s southern Waziristan region, where President General Pervez Musharraf sent military troops two years ago to fight suspected Al Qaeda and Taliban militants who crossed over from Afghanistan, fleeing U.S. and Afghan troops.The ongoing tension in Waziristan may be a subject under discussion Friday when President Bush meets Musharraf at the White House for a bilateral meeting. Mr. Bush is scheduled to m stanley termoska eet with Afghan president Hamid Karzai next Tuesday. All three leaders are to stanley cup meet in Washington the following day.A senior Pakistani government official who deals with security affairs told CBS News that Wednesday s shooting of the three men showed how fragile the situation remains . The official, who spoke on condition on anonymity, said Gul Zada, a government official, was killed Wednesday by unidentified gunmen in a stanley mug car. This was a typical hit and run type of killing. We believe the victim was targeted to put out the message that whoever works for the government is not safe, added the official. The killing follows a controversial agreement signed between Musharraf s administration and chiefs of local tribes in

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Newly released voice messages rev yeezy slide eal the heart-wrenching moments and chaos after this week s deadly ambush of nine Americans in Mexico. Dawna and Christina are gone. They are not -- they are dead, a woman s voice could be heard saying in a WhatsApp voice message. They opened fire... killed Dawna and the baby. And another one... and Dawna s yelling at the kids to get down, a man said in another.Family members now reportedly say some of the gunmen were on a nearby hillside when they opened fire on the convoy. When the shooting stopped, t adidas campus shoes he gunmen reportedly pulled the surviving children out, telling them in Spanish to leave the area. By then, several in the group had already lost their lives.Two mothers and six of their children were laid to rest Thursday amid heavy security. Family members honoring their lives shared new details on their heroic efforts to save loved ones. A relative said Dawna Langford ordered her children to duck as their SUV came under fire. Langford is survived by her 13-year old son, Devin, who helped save his siblings by walking six hours to get help, reports CBS News correspondent Manuel Bojorquez. Of the eight children who air force survived, several are still recovering. A relative said 8-year-old Cody, who was shot in the face, won t be able to talk for six weeks following surgery where his jaw was wired shut. Loved ones released new video of 8-month-old Brixon who was shot in the chest, and 7-month old baby Faith who was found in her car seat after he Doro Bloodbath : Cruise liner brawl sends guests fleeing to cabins
DUBLIN AP - When P stanley water jug atch hopped aboard the train to Dublin, it took the power of Twitter to reunite the dog with his owner.Irish Rail sent a Lost dog! tweet with a photo attachment after the Jack Russell terrier arrived with Wednesday morning commuters on a train from rural Kilcock, County Kildare, an hour s stanley cup ride away.After more than 500 retweets in just 32 min stanley cup utes, the photo found Patch s owner, Deirdre Anglin, who tweeted the state railway: That s my dog! The episode underscored the ubiquitous use of mobile-friendly social media sites in Ireland, a tech-savvy corner of Europe where cell phones were the norm long before they were in the United States.Watch: Lost dog finds hospitalLost Dog Gathers Clues to Find its FamilyWatch: Dog Lost in Blizzard -- Found Soon after Patch went missing Tuesday night in Kilcock, 20 miles 30 kilometers west of Dublin, Anglin said she did the usual social network thing, posting pictures of the dog on her Facebook account and appealing for followers to spot him.It wasn t until after Patch waltzed on to the 6:49 a.m. commuter train in Kilcock that the alarm was sounded.Rail workers on board dubbed the dog Checker, joking he might be trained to inspect people s tickets, as commuters took turns petting the friendly dog. They turned him over to Pearse Street station staff on the train s final stop in the heart of the capital, when it became clear the dog had no owner on board.Irish Rail spokesman Barry Kenny described Twitt

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AP KABUL, Afghanistan - The U.S.-led NATO force in Afghanistan killed al Qaeda s second-highest leader in the country in an airstrike in eastern Kunar province, the coalition said Tuesday.Sakhr al-Taifi, also known as Mushtaq and Nasim, was responsible for commanding foreign insurgents in Afghanistan and directing attacks against NATO and Afghan forces, the alliance said. He frequently traveled between Afghanistan and Pakistan, carrying out commands from senior al Qaeda leadership and ferrying in weapons and fighters.The airst stanley fr rike that killed al-Taifi and another al Qa stanley termoska eda militant took place Sunday in Kunar s Watahpur district, the coalition said. A follow-on assessment of the area determined that no civilians stanley cup were harmed, it said. The coalition declined to reveal the name of al Qaeda s top leader in Afghanistan due to ongoing operations and security concerns. Special operations in golden age under ObamaSgt. Bowe Bergdahl s father promises prisoner-of-war son will come home Afghan official: NATO strike kills 8 civilians The U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan was carried out because al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden used the country as his base to plan the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in New York and Washington.Most of al Qaeda s senior leaders are now believed to be based in Pakistan, where they fled following the U.S. invasion. The terrorist organization is believed to have only a nominal presence in Afghanistan.Many senior al Qaeda commanders have died in U.S. d